I am reading a book, The Talent Code, by Daniel Coyle. The amazing thing is.... in order to be perfect, you need to experiment with the errors and learn from the experience. To become a great athlete, you need to experience failure. That is how we learn.
It was encouraging to read this after the challenging week of training I have had. This week, I ran 37.45km... definitely not the furthest I have run in a week... but my training times are getting faster. On Monday, I PR'd in distance for this year... by running 15km. (about 9miles) and it was a struggle. The run was hard and of course I wanted to push my limits and challenge my speed endurance.... and I did. I finished successfully and I was happy with the results. (From those results, I was able to set new goals. Monday.... I am scheduled to run 10miles or 16+km.... and I am debating whether to take on Warrenville Road....)
The downer of the run... was when I arrived at home. My wonderful cheery grandmother said.... 'i don't understand why you insist on running and exercising so much, when you are still fat.'
Extreme Self-Control here!!!!!! It took everything within me to not put my fist through her face so she would eat her teeth or put her through the front window..... (i am not a violent person, but i wanted to share some of the pain she had just imposed on me).
I cannot share with this woman the struggles I have overcome to get to this point... the joy of accomplishment... at how I wanted to stop running and I kept at it.... and I achieved!
She just uses a measuring stick... that none of us comprehend...... a woman who is satisfied living in stagnation, as the gold standard...... and I had to smile and just say..... 'Are you happy now that you have managed to spew hate, envy and hurt in those few words? Because if you are happy now, I can go on with my day.' -- which was a kettle bell workout, followed by stretching and then off to train several clients......
'Only he who does nothing, makes no mistakes.' -- french proverb
This quote was on my calendar after the insightfulness of my grandmother and it was just a reminder that I am out there doing.... and i am going to fall on my face... sometimes, not so gracefully, but I am doing.
Today's quote is:
He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much. --Bessie Stanley
And that is how we should live and strive to achieve excellence.
Mistakes are not bad. We learn from them.
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